the 3-sided top above a paneled conforming body centering double-doors fitted with a solid brass latch; John Van Koert was a prominent New York designer who helped promote the fascination with Danish modern furnishings in the 1950's. In 1954, he was exhibition director of ''Design in Scandinavia,'' at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, introducing modern Scandinavian design to Americans. Mr. Van Koert's furniture designs for Drexel, were represented by prominent department stores such as Macy's and Bloomingdale's; good vintage condition with minor wear and patina; patina to brass
centering a convex mirror within a gilt metal frame consisting of radiating spokes of varying lengths; good vintage condition with overall even wear to gilding
each with long neck above a bulbous body all in a graduated lavender drip glaze all resting on brass bases; excellent vintage condition with only minor wear; no chips or cracks; professionally rewired
with deep brown lacquered finish, the tall graduated caned back above a loose cushion flanked by down-swept arms all over splayed legs; professionally refinished with newly upholstered seat
The Grand Ledge Chair Company was founded in 1837 in Grand Ledge, Michigan, as a small furniture shop by Thomas Garrett, Harry Jordan, and Edward Crawford. It remained a family run business until 1973, when the business was sold and eventually closed in 1981.
with furling flag above an openwork balloon adorned with a ribbon swag and fitted with a white translucent Murano glass shade; all suspending a foliate basket; fitted with one standard light; rewired; overall even wear to gilding
fitted with two removable bentwood trays supported by a collapsible frame raised on circular supports ending in casters; maker's label adhered to inside of frame 'John Stuart, Inc, New York, Grand Rapids'; professionally refinished; some wear to casters
each with brass fittings and of conical form above a square plinth with harlequin pattern of vertically arranged contrasting diamonds all on an ivory ground with gilt flecking; good vintage condition with minor wear and patina; rewired; height: 14.5" (top of porcelain) 23.5" (top of shade) width: 4.5" depth: 4.5"
each tapering square-form lamp supported on gilt-metal mounts capped with ibex heads and terminating in hoof feet; all over an ebonized wooden base; good vintage condition with nno chips or cracks; some pitting to metal surface; professionally rewired
the best of post-war design, each lamp composed of stacked tri-color conical-form glazed elements with brass mounts; Gerald Thurston was one of the most creative American lighting designers of the postwar era. His innovative designs exemplify the streamlined forms of the mid 20th century.
each hand-blown lamp produced using the 'murrine' method where patterns are created using glass canes and are revealed when the cane is cut into thin cross-sections; each then covered in a clear overlay of glass called "“incamiciato”; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; wooden bases re-gilded; rewired
